Import/export HS code 854449: Various insulated cables

Insulated cables not specified elsewhere

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* UK only, last 24 months analysed

Imports by country

What this shows: Import market volume by exporter country into the UK.

Top 5 values

Country £
Turkey 1,027,741,040
Egypt 426,232,167
China 258,562,491
Germany 110,430,023
Greece 106,082,273

Countries rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Countries are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month volume, right side by second 12-month volume, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Country First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
Turkey 512,727,988 515,013,052 +2,285,064
Egypt 220,838,591 205,393,576 -15,445,015
China 133,988,056 124,574,435 -9,413,621
Germany 57,536,368 52,893,655 -4,642,713
Greece 50,751,408 55,330,865 +4,579,457
France 54,442,417 44,709,329 -9,733,088
Italy 51,196,283 44,199,401 -6,996,882
India 39,667,101 41,577,411 +1,910,310
Netherlands 28,595,310 30,831,619 +2,236,309
United States 29,030,675 27,232,164 -1,798,511

Imports by country of origin

What this shows: Import volume by production origin country. Differences from exporter-country data can indicate re-export routes.

Top 5 values

Origin £
Turkey 1,063,425,185
Egypt 427,226,701
China 274,483,769
Italy 121,374,537
Greece 103,805,847

Country of origin rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Origin countries are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month import value, right side by second 12-month import value, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Origin First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
Turkey 527,105,089 536,320,096 +9,215,007
Egypt 222,418,388 204,808,313 -17,610,075
China 142,929,504 131,554,265 -11,375,239
Italy 65,415,948 55,958,589 -9,457,359
Greece 49,193,027 54,612,820 +5,419,793
France 44,762,493 37,590,242 -7,172,251
India 39,529,565 39,996,999 +467,434
Germany 34,228,880 32,099,100 -2,129,780
Poland 33,060,363 24,658,879 -8,401,484
United States 26,435,744 25,414,078 -1,021,666

Importers across UK regions

What this shows: Number of importing companies by UK ITL2 region.

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 274
Inner London - West 202
Surrey, East and West Sussex 186
Greater Manchester 141
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 135

UK regions rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: UK regions are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month importer count, right side by second 12-month importer count, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

UK region First 12m Second 12m Delta
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 189 181 -8
Inner London - West 128 138 +10
Surrey, East and West Sussex 132 133 +1
Greater Manchester 100 102 +2
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 100 91 -9
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 102 85 -17
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 93 89 -4
West Midlands 85 82 -3
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 62 72 +10
Essex 73 68 -5

Import volume by transport

What this shows: Import value by transport mode used to bring goods into the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 1,886,507,000
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 613,213,277
Air transport 128,649,715
Other 35,174,519
Road transport 14,060,559

Transport rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Transport modes are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month import value, right side by second 12-month import value, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Transport First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 951,843,867 934,663,133 -17,180,734
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 315,362,295 297,850,982 -17,511,313
Air transport 69,236,696 59,413,019 -9,823,677
Other 18,153,494 17,021,025 -1,132,469
Road transport 7,805,272 6,255,287 -1,549,985
Rail transport 1,140,347 0 -1,140,347

Import volume by port

What this shows: Import value handled by each UK port.

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 939,028,828
London Gateway Port 699,815,587
Dover 233,545,190
Southampton 208,663,378
Eurotunnel 85,439,206

Port rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Ports are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month import value, right side by second 12-month import value, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Port First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
Felixstowe 454,666,948 484,361,880 +29,694,932
London Gateway Port 426,680,242 273,135,345 -153,544,897
Dover 116,247,593 117,297,597 +1,050,004
Southampton 69,055,727 139,607,651 +70,551,924
Eurotunnel 44,618,528 40,820,678 -3,797,850
Immingham Docks 35,937,713 39,860,847 +3,923,134
Liverpool Docks 12,949,820 43,448,594 +30,498,774
London Heathrow Airport 23,744,829 20,964,915 -2,779,914
000 18,153,494 17,021,025 -1,132,469
London 9,796,589 23,614,572 +13,817,983

Importer companies by SIC division

What this shows: Industry breakdown (SIC divisions) of importing companies.

Top 5 values

SIC Companies
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 708
Manufacture of electrical equipment 321
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 271
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 208
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 201

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 564
2025-10 578
2025-09 552
2025-08 554
2025-07 583

Top importers

What this shows: Companies with the highest number of months traded for this HS code.

Importer company size by revenue band

What this shows: Distribution of importers across company revenue bands.

Top 5 values

Revenue Companies
1m-15m 1268
54m+ 1048
0-1m 332
15m-54m 321
Other 236

Import seasonality

What this shows: Average monthly import pattern from historical data.

Exports by country

What this shows: Export market volume by destination country from the UK.

Top 5 values

Country £
Ireland 115,922,321
Germany 62,155,101
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 50,234,551
Netherlands 45,972,503
United States 44,181,090

Export countries rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Destination countries are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month export volume, right side by second 12-month export volume, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Country First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
Ireland 59,608,934 56,313,387 -3,295,547
Germany 32,292,338 29,862,763 -2,429,575
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 30,994,765 19,239,786 -11,754,979
Netherlands 26,168,182 19,804,321 -6,363,861
United States 24,268,221 19,912,869 -4,355,352
France 19,559,434 21,281,810 +1,722,376
United Arab Emirates 14,713,619 15,130,105 +416,486
Saudi Arabia 14,662,301 9,352,815 -5,309,486
Italy 11,028,151 10,217,969 -810,182
Norway 5,949,087 15,145,974 +9,196,887

Exports by country of origin

What this shows: Export volume by production origin country. For re-exports, indicates where goods originated before UK export.

Top 5 values

Origin £
Turkey 6,613,487
China 3,329,645
Egypt 1,557,980
XI 1,444,577
XU 620,537

Export origin countries rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Origin countries are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month export value, right side by second 12-month export value, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Origin First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
Turkey 3,896,297 2,717,190 -1,179,107
China 1,602,581 1,727,064 +124,483
Egypt 247,069 1,310,911 +1,063,842
XI 7,815 1,436,762 +1,428,947
XU 147,453 473,084 +325,631
Taiwan 399,883 119,073 -280,810
Spain 240,615 177,805 -62,810
France 196,335 152,527 -43,808
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 139,047 105,308 -33,739
Italy 60,576 87,141 +26,565

Export volume by transport

What this shows: Export value by transport mode used to ship goods from the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 370,629,840
Air transport 169,916,324
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 169,510,309
Other 16,360,796
Road transport 1,844,828

Export transport rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Transport modes are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month export value, right side by second 12-month export value, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Transport First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 183,810,175 186,819,665 +3,009,490
Air transport 83,903,895 86,012,429 +2,108,534
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 101,547,404 67,962,905 -33,584,499
Other 7,817,431 8,543,365 +725,934
Road transport 1,841,016 3,812 -1,837,204

Export volume by port

What this shows: Export value handled by each UK port.

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover / Eurotunnel 229,757,882
London Heathrow Airport 84,361,886
London Gateway Port 63,647,802
Southampton 52,370,890
Immingham Docks 41,867,547

Export port rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Ports are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month export value, right side by second 12-month export value, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Port First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
Dover / Eurotunnel 118,892,300 110,865,582 -8,026,718
London Heathrow Airport 42,670,839 41,691,047 -979,792
London Gateway Port 34,426,033 29,221,769 -5,204,264
Southampton 35,319,546 17,051,344 -18,268,202
Immingham Docks 17,507,601 24,359,946 +6,852,345
East Midlands Airport 19,965,525 21,428,995 +1,463,470
Holyhead 17,380,492 23,770,434 +6,389,942
Liverpool Docks 13,524,059 8,833,822 -4,690,237
ZLC 8,896,409 10,769,375 +1,872,966
Heysham 10,032,972 7,956,150 -2,076,822

Related HS codes

What this shows: Sibling or child HS codes in the same classification branch.

Quick facts

HS code: 854449

Coverage: United Kingdom, most metrics for the last 24 months

Description: Insulated cables not specified elsewhere